In Dream of Red Mansions, Lin Daiyu, who is also a scholar, why does she say that Jia Baoyu is a "silver-like gun head"?

Because Lin Daiyu felt that although Jia Baoyu looked like an adult on the outside, he was still as immature as a child on the inside. Although it was just a joke, it can be seen that Lin Daiyu hoped that Jia Baoyu could act like an adult and not act like a child, so that he could take on the responsibility of the entire Jia family in the future.

In fact, Daiyu understands Baoyu best. This kind of understanding is not the understanding of rational analysis, but the understanding of heart-to-heart connection. This is a typical telepathy. After explaining this truth, the allusion of "silver pewter spear head" is easy to understand. There is no doubt that Baoyu, Daiyu and Baochai all like reading. But the three people's reading realms are different.

Both of them watched "Jade True Story" and "The Romance of the West Chamber". Baoyu said: "I am just a 'worried and sick person', and you are that 'beautiful person who overwhelms the country and the city.'" This may seem frivolous, but in fact Baoyu blurted it out because he had been rubbing shoulders with Daiyu for a long time. Daiyu first scared Baoyu and told her uncle to go, then she laughed and said that Jia Baoyu was just a silver-like wax gun head. We all know that Baochai and Xiangyun advised Baoyu how to seek fame, but in fact, Daiyu also said to Baoyu many times: He is getting older day by day, and you should be more careful.

Daiyu and Baoyu have similar interests in studying, but Baoyu is always a little late-minded, so he always gets into trouble for no reason and is beaten and scolded. When the Grand View Garden was raided, the largest number of people were expelled from Yihong Yard. This had a lot to do with Baoyu's usual outspokenness. Therefore, every time Daiyu quarreled with Baoyu, she was not really annoyed by what Baoyu said, but just worried about Baoyu's immaturity. Of course, the phrase "silver-like pewter gun head" means that although Baoyu looks like an adult on the outside, he is still a disheveled child on the inside.